Seed-stripper.



E. L. GLAZE.

SEED STRIPPER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1913 Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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SEED STRIPPER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.17, 191a.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

Application filed. September 17, 1913. Serial No. 790,364.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL L. GLAZE, a citizen of the United States,residing at LGX ington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seed-Strippers; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements inseed strippers,and has for its object the provision of such a device that .will stripthe seeds and convey them to a sacking mechanism in a reliable andexpeditious manner.

An'object of importanceis to provide a stripper, such as described,which employs novel means forv stripping and conveymg the seed,consisting of a plurality of cutters coacting with a comb, and anendless belt conveyer.

.A further objectlof my invention resides in the provision of novelmeans for cutting the seed and disposing them ina position where theymay be readily engaged byan endlessconveyer.

Another important object of my invention is to provide a seed stripper,suchas described, which employs a plurality of spaced teeth arranged instaggered relation and forming, what is known as a comb for engagementwith thegrass, or other plants carrying the seed, whereby the cuttersmay remove the seed from the grass et cetera:

' Another object of importance is to provide novel means for receivingthe seed from the endless conveyor and depositing them within a spoutabout which may be secured a sack, whereby the grain is sacked as it isbeing stripped.

A further important object resides in the provision of means fordisposing of weeds which may have become out and conveyed upontheendless conveyer.

With these and other objects in view as willbecome more apparent, asthe, description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novelfeaturesof construction, combihereinafter fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding'of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my entire belt and frame work broken awayto illustrate a portion of the sorting bars. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof my device in assembled operative position. Fig. 8 is a detailelevation of one of the cutting membersand its cooperating parts, Fig.4: is a sectional view taken on the plane of line l4: of Fig. 3illustrating the position of the cutting members relative to the comb,and elevating mechanism, in the position assumed when cutting orstripping the seed, Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on theplane of hne 55 of Fig. 2 illustrating the sortlng bars and sackingmechanism, Fig. 6 is a detailview of the mechanism for operatingthesacking mechanism, Fig. 7 is a detail view of the clutch mechanismfor operably connecting one of the wheels supporting the stripper, withthe cutters, and Fig. 8 is a sectional view-taken on the plane of line.88 of Fig. 7 illustrating the manner of I is provided with asprocketwheel 6, which is secured upon the inner side of the wheel bybolts or other suitable fastening means and is operably connected with asprocket wheel 7 by means of a flexible chain 8. 'The side walls 5 ofthebody 1 terminate forwardly in upwardly extending or upwardly inclinedportions 9 through which is journaled a crank shaft, designated as anentirety by the numeral 10. The crank shaft 10eXtends transverselythrough the portions 9 and has loosely mounted upon one ter minalthereof the sprocket wheel 7 that is held against removal by the nut 8.terminal of the crank shaft 10, which carries the sprocket wheel 7,extends considerably beyond the adjacent side wall 5 whereby thesprocket wheel 7 is disposed in spaced relation to the side wall 5, aswill be clearly seen with reference to Fig. 1. A

beveled gear 9' is loosely mounted upon the The extended terminal of thecrank shaft 10 and is secured in any suitable manner to the ad j acentface of the sprocket 7 and adapted to turn therewith. A similar beveledgear 10 is keyed upon the extended terminal of the crank shaft 10 inspaced relation to the gear 9 and adjacent the outer face of the sideWall 5. A shaft 11 supported in spaced parallel relation with the sidewall 5 by means of a bracket 12 has loosely mounted thereon a beveledgear 13 which is adapted to be moved into meshing engagement with thebeveled gears 9 and 10. The shaft 11 is 'slidable through the bracket 12and is provided upon its outer terminal with an enlarged portion 14 thatis longitudinally apertured, as at 15, and fitted loosely upon the crankshaft 10. It will thus be seen that by means of theenlarged portion 14,aperture 1 5, and bracket 12, the shaft 11 and beveled gear 13 isslidably supported and may be moved into and out of engagement with thebeveled gears 9 and 10, and further that the gear 13, in meshing withthe gears9 and 10', provides for the transmission of rotationto thecrank shaft 10.

i A' pair of supporting arms 16 issecured to the axle 2, each armextends upwardly therefrom, and hassupporting engagement with a skeletonframe consisting of side bars 17 and end bars 18. The arms 16 arebolted,

or otherwise suitably secured to the termi nals ofthe bars'17 and 18, asat 19. Brace rods 20 are secured at their terminals to the arms '16 andto the bars 18. K The usual spring seat, designated as an entirety bythe numeral 21, is secured in any suitable man- 1161*," as at 22, to theforward bar 17 of the upper frame. A pair of shafts 23 are secured inany suitable manner to the forward bar 17, A lever and lever lockingmechanism, designated as an entirety by the numeral 24, is secured toone of the endbars 18 and, is connected with the body 1 by means of anextension 25 and a link 26 that is provided at its connection with theextension 25 with a plurality of adjusting openings '27, whereby the pin28 which connects the'link and extension 25, may be inserted indifferent openings 27 to regulate the adjustment of the body 1, andconsequently providing for the raising and lowering of tangular barwhich is secured at one ter-' minal to the crank shaft 10 by means of aclamping block 31 and bolts 31 which extend through the clamping block,and are held against removal by means of nuts 32. An angular supportingarm 33 is bolted or otherwise suitably secured, asat 34, to the freeterminal of the body portion 30 andcarries at its free terminal acutting blade 4 34 that is secured to the supporting arm 33 in anysuitable manner and extends at right angles thereto. v

Abeam 35 is mounted transversely ofthe body 1 at the forward terminalofthe bottom'wall 4thereof. A comb consisting of a plurality of alternatelong and short pointed teeth 36 and 37 respectively, is bolted, as at38, tothe upper side of the beam '35, so that the teeth 36 and 37thereof, extend outwardly from the'beam 85. The teeth 36 extendbeyond-the terminals of the teeth 37 and are spaced by the teeth 37,thus providing a comb which is adapted for engagement with the grass orother plant, carry A beam 39 is mounted transversely of the side walls511'1 superposed spaced relation theretoby means ofgsupporting rods 40that are secured to the beam 39 and. to the, side walls 5 ofthe body lateach terminal of the beam 39. A bolt 41 extends through the supportingrods 40 and the bean139, and bolts 42 secure the lower terminals ofthesupporting rods'40 whereby the beam. 39 is 1 rigidly secured body 1-., fv

Cutter pressing members, designated as an and supported upon theentirety by the numeral 43 are pivotally secured to the beam 39 and toeach of the body portions 30 of the cutters, and as each of the cutterpressing members 43 is identical as to construction, it is thought necessary to describe only one of them. Thiscutter pressing member consistsof a cylindrical V sleeve '44 that is pivotally secured to the beam 39by means of a U-shaped bracket 45 that is bolted or otherwise secured totheunderside of-the beam 39 and has; extending therethrough through theupper terminal ofthe cylindrical sleeve 44 and serves as a pivot for thesleeve 44. A. helical spring 47 is amounted about the cylindrical sleeve44. Arod 48 is pivotally secured atone terminal tea- U- shaped bracket49 that is bolted or otherwise suitably secured to the upper face of.the body portions 30 of the cutter at a point near the forward terminalthereof; The other terminalof therod 48 extends upwardly into the sleeve44 and is provided a pin 46 which extends at its upper terminal with apin 50 extending" transversely through -the rod 48 and longitudinalslots 51 formed diametrically opposite in the sleeve 44. An annularwasher 52 is loosely mounted upon the sleeve 44 above the pin 50 andengages the lower terminal of the helical spring 47. The upper terminalof the spring 47 engages an annular washer 53 that islooselymounteduponthe sleeve 44 and held against upward movement thereon by "means of apin 54 extend-.

that are bolted to the beam The rod 48 extends through'the lower portion57 of the V-shaped supports 55 which engages the lower terminals'of thesleeve 44 and prevents any'lateral movement of the cutter liftingmembers 43.

It will thus be seen that when the crank shaft 10 .is rotated, thecutters 29 will be moved'toward the teeth 36 and 37 so that the blades34 thereon will engage the upper face of the teeth 36 and 37 of the comband slide inwardly thereon. When the teeth 36 and 37 of the combengagethe heads of the grass carrying theseed, the seed will be-disposedabove the teeth and uponthe movement of the blade 34, as described, theseed will be removed from the grass. The cutters29 move toward the combwith the actionof the crank shaft 10 with the action of the helicalspring 47 of the cutter pressing members 43. downwardly against the combby the action of the springs 47, thus disposing the seeds whichareengaged by the blades "34 in such a position that the seeds will bereadily engagedby the elevator or endless conveyer,

s designated 57 as an entirely, and which will be hereinafter described.The elevator or endless conveyer consists of a belt of canvas,

or other suitable material, provided with a plurality of spaced scrapingmembers 58 that are carried transversely on the belt.

The elevator supporting frame consists of apair of side walls 59anda'bottom wall 60.

The bottom wall 60 is arranged intermediate the edges of the side walls59. A bar 61 is mounted transverselyof and connected with the side walls59 at the upper terminals thereof. A plurality of spaced sorting bars 62are mounted longitudinally with respect to the side walls 59 in thespace afforded be tween the bar 61 and upper terminal of the bottom wall60. The elevator frame consisting of the side wallsv 59 and bottom wall60, as described, is suitably secured in an up wardly and rearwardlyinclined position relative to the body 1. A roller 63 is journaled inthe body 1 transversely and at the forward terminal thereof. A sprocketwheel The "cutters 29 arepres'sed 64 is keyed to oneof the terminals ofthe roller 63 and engages the flexible chain 8, whereby the roller 63 isrotated when the stripper is pulled or propelled. A roller 65ls-jou'rnaled within and transversely of the side walls 59 of theelevator frame. The belt 57 of the elevator'is mounted upon the rollers63' and 65, and when the lower roller 63 is rotated, the belt isimparted a similar movement, and by means of the transverse scrapingmembers 58, carries the seed upwardly upon thebottom wall 60 of theelevator frame until the seed reach the sorting bars 62, whereupon theywill fall therethrough and upon a sacking mechanism, to be nextdescribed. Any weeds, which may have been conveyed upwardly, pass overthe bars 62 and slide rearwardly of the stripper upon a weed deflectingplate 66 that is inclined so as to dispose of the weeds rearwardly ofthe stripper and secured at its upper terminal to the bar 61. Thissacking mechanism consists of a trough 67 that is the sorting bars 62and upon the belt 70,

will be deposited into the spout and thence the sack. As a meansforcausing the belt 7 0 to be rotated and deposit the seed within thespout 71, this invention employs a grooved pulley 72 that is connectedwith the roller 65 at one terminal thereof and is operably connectedwith a pulley '73 that is secured to a stud shaft 74 carried by theroller 69 by means of a belt 75. It will thus be seen that when theelevator belt 57 is operated, that the belt 70 in the trough 67 isrotated through the medium of the pulleys 72 and 73, and the desiredaction is had.

. To operate the device the shaft 11 is crank shaft 10 and rotated whenthe device is being drawn across a field, thus the gear 10 which iskeyed upon the shaft 10 is rotated when the connecting medium consistingof the gear 13 meshes with the gears 9' and 10. The shaft 10 thenrevolves and the cutters move into engagement with the teeth, 36 and 37of the comb The comb serves to partially remove the seeds'from the plantandthe cutters 29 complete the operation of removing the seeds anddispose the seeds in sucha position that they will be readily engaged bythe transverse strips 58 of the elevator belt 57 and carried upwardly tobe deposited in the troughat the rear of the machine. It will be readilyseen that the strips ping mechanism may be raised or lowered withrelation to the ground medium of the lever 24 and cooperating parts. Theseed are then carried to the sorting bars 62 and dropped therethroughupon the belt 70, from thence they will be conveyed to the spout 71 andto a sack, not shown, that may be placed about the opening of the spout.

Itis apparent, with reference to the fore through the goingdescriptionand several views, that a stripper is provided which. willaccomplish all of the functions hereinbefore recited.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it

will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination andarrangement of parts may be made without departing from the scope andspirit of theinvention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim V e d V 1. In a seedstripper the combination with a frame, a crank shaft j ournaled withinand transversely of the forward terminal ofsaid frame, a comb disposedtransversely of said. frame, a beam disposed above and trans versely ofsaid frame at the forward terminal thereof, cutters operativelyconnected with the crank shaft and said beam, means shaft rotatably journaled within said frame,

a comb disposed transverselyof said frame, a plurality of'cuttersoperatively connected with said crank shaft, means for rotating saidcrankshaft to cause said cutters to move into engagement with saidcomb,-means for causing said cutters to move into engagement with saidcomb comprising a, plurality members operatively connected of tubularwith said frame, rodsslidable in said tubular members and connected withsaid cutters and spring means 7 mounted upon. said tubular members for'lifting said cutters up;

wardly..

3.'In a seed stripper,

shaft rotatably jo-urnaled withinsaid frame,

a comb disposed transversely of said frame,

,ment with said comb comprising a plurality V of tubular membersoperatively' connected with said frame, rods slidable .in said tubularmembers andco-nnected with said cutters,

a frame, a crank and spring means mounted upon said tubu-., A larmembers" for lifting said cutters upwardly, means for means for causingengagement with said comb.

pivotally supporting said the cutters to move into .4. A seed strippercomprising a frame, a

crank shaftv rotatably journaledin; said frame, aplurality ofcutterspivotally connected with said crank shaft, a plurality of spacedteeth secured upon said frame and arranged towcodperate with. saidcutters} a beam disposedabovesaid cutters, a plurality of tubularmembers pivotally.connectedwith said beam,a plurality of rods 'pivotallyconnected with said cutters and slidably mounted' in said tubularmembers, guidem'eans for each ofsaid rods and an expansive springmounted upon each of said t'ibular members and operatively connectedwith said rods.

,"In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of-twowitnesses.

,Witnessesfll v R. S. CRAWFO D,

D. KRAsNE,

a EARL-VIII, GLAZE. 1

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